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Romantic Kingfisher... Not to waste a bit of this beautiful Spring, I am trying to get a pink shot for every bird. Realizing it's unlikely to put a Kingfisher on the cherry blossoming tree, I compromized by taking a shot with pink background...
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Photo Properties
Make
NIKON CORPORATION
Model
NIKON D300S
Aperture Value
f/5
Color Space
Uncalibrated
Exposure Bias Value
-0.33 EV
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Flash
No Flash
Focal Length
500 mm
ISO
26214400
Metering Mode
Spot
Shutter Speed Value
1/100 sec
Date/Time
Wed 09 Feb 2011 01:17:35 PM EST
English Common Kingfisher
Scientific (Alcedo atthis bengalensis)
Order CORACIIFORMES
Family (Latin) Alcedinidae
Family (English) Kingfishers
Other name(s) European Kingfisher, Martin-pêcheur d'Europe, Kingfisher
Breeding Regions EU, OR
Breeding Range Subregions widespread, also n AF, New Guinea
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Andorra,Armenia,Australia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bahrain,Bangladesh, Belarus,Belgium,Bhutan,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Bulgaria,Cambodia,China,Croatia,Cyprus,Czech Republic, Denmark,Egypt,Estonia,Finland,France,Georgia,Germany,Gibraltar,Greece,Hong Kong, Hungary,India - Andaman and Nicobar Islands,India - mainland,Indonesia,Iran,Iraq,Ireland,Israel,Italy,Japan, Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kuwait,Kyrgyzstan,Laos,Latvia,Lebanon,Libya,Liechtenstein,Lithuania, Luxembourg,Macao,Macedonia,Malaysia,Malta,Mauritania,Moldova,Monaco,Mongolia,Montenegro, Morocco,Myanmar,Nepal,Netherlands,North Korea,Norway,Oman,Pakistan,Palestine,Papua New Guinea, Philippines,Poland,Portugal,Qatar,Romania,Russia,San Marino,Saudi Arabia,Senegal,Serbia, Singapore,Slovakia,Slovenia,Solomon Islands,South Korea,South Sudan,Spain,Sri Lanka,Sudan,Sweden, Switzerland,Syria,Taiwan,Tajikistan,Thailand,Tunisia,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Ukraine,United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom,Uzbekistan,Vietnam,
IOC 11.2 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
ispida s Norway, the British Isles and n Spain to w Russia
atthis s Spain and n Africa e to c Siberia, nw China and nw India
bengalensis c India to se Siberia, Japan and se Asia
taprobana s India and Sri Lanka
floresiana Lesser Sundas
hispidoides Sulawesi, Moluccas, w Papuan islands, New Guinea, Bismarck Arch. and Louisiade Arch.
salomonensis Solomon Is.
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Linnaeus, 1758)
German Eisvogel
French Martin-pêcheur d’Europe
Chinese 普通翠鸟
Japanese カワセミ
Russian Зимородок
Spanish Martín pescador común
Portuguese guarda-rios
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
EU Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)